Roberto Mancini has urged his strikers to find form ahead of the crucial Manchester derby (Picture: Getty)

Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini has hit out at his misfiring forwards ahead of his side’s top-of-the-table derby clash against Manchester United, saying he has four strikers ‘who can’t score’.

Mancini said he has yet to see enough goals from his strike-force this season – the same quartet of Sergio Aguero, Carlos Tevez, Edin Dzeko and Mario Belotelli who helped City to 93 league goals as they won the title on goal-difference last year.

‘It’s always the case that you can have one striker in a difficult spell during the season,’ the Italian said.

‘Usually, when you have four strikers, two or three of them are not scoring but one is.

‘But at the moment we have four strikers who can’t score.’

But Mancini added his centre forwards could turn things around against United tomorrow, who themselves are struggling with a fragile defence having conceded 21 times in the Premier League already this campaign, compared to the 33 they let in during the whole of last season.

‘This can change maybe on Sunday and after that it will be OK. But we need to work more,’ Mancini said.

‘Our season depends on our strikers. If we start to score like last year, we will have a big chance.’